Toy



July 12,1927. 1,635,223 H. ROST TOY Filed July 31. 1926' 2 Shuts-Sheet 1 1,635,223 July 12 1927. H. Ros-T TOY Filed July 31. 192.6 2 Shun-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY7 Patented July 12, 1927 HUGO BUST, DOVER, JERSEY.

TOY.

Application filed J'uiy 31, 1926. Serial No. 126,127.

This invention relates to an improved toy of the type that includes a parachute which is propelled in a holder and which ejects the parachute when the device turns over in the air so that it descends slowly.

' of the catcher trip,

The called weight or pendant,

The invention includes a gravityopens. operated p ropelling means for what might be element .forms the the guiding when the parachute tripping. or releasing means that ejects the parachute when the device tilts,

the

parachute being lightly stuffed into the end of the tube when the toy is propelled into the air.

The in panying a sling side view looking at the other side.

vention is illustrated in the accomdrawing in which Figure 1, is a the device can be used Figure 2, 1s a side view and also showing or propelling it. Figure 3,- is a Figure 4, is a vertical, central section of the device, and Figure 5, is a mg the e]ect1ng means similar view showreleased. Figure 6,-

is a detailed view showing the retaining slot and Figures 7, 8, and

9, are detailed views showing modified forms of the tips of the tube.

The inventlon comprlses a tube or shell 10, which is fastened at one end to a parachute 12,

chute is made of thin, as a light fabric or in it is made of very thin paper such as tissue The tube is usuall paper.

by means of strands 13. The paralight, material, such the cheaper type,

tapered and the parachute is gathered or olded and stufied into the end of the tube, not too tightly and not too deeply, place as shown in device is by hand and I secure -a sling consisting o thong or elastic 15, as a hook 16, which ing 17, in the tube,- from the opening when the toy the air,

Figures 2, 3, and 4. The adapted to be sent up into the air 00d elevation by using I a handle 14, and a which has means such fits into a small openthe hook being released is shot into as will 'be evident from Figure 1.

' I provide the toy with means for expelling the parachute when the 'toy starts to descend after reaching the height of its flight. This means is drawings a piston cardboa-r a gravity-operated one and in the I lllustrateone form consisting of 18. Itis usually made of heavy d'or leather and is connected to a but sufliciently to hold it in spring 19, which has a latch or trip 20. I usually make the latch of wire so that it is loosely arranged and can swing in the eye 21 formed in the end of the spring. This end of the wire projecting to the outside of the tube through the slot 22, the trip end of the slot being off-set as at 23, so that when the spring is extended and thus being under a tension, since the piston rests against an abutment such as the ring 24, the mner end 25, of the latch is held in position and projecting within the tube. A weight, such as the ball 26, is arranged so that it can pass freely through the spring and the tube, and since the toy is shot upwardly after the spring has been set, the ball rests at the bottom of the tube as shown in Fi re 4. When the toy turns over as shown in a in Figure 1, the ball runs down through. the s ring and hits the end 25 of the latchas s own in dotted outline in Figure 5 and this kicks the latch out, the spring is released and it snaps down on the piston and the piston rom which the parachute is shown at 27 and a resilient or spring tip 28, can be placed on this weight end of the tube to avoid damage when it alights if, perchance, the parachute does not open.

- When it is desired to cause the toy to descend extremely slow, the weight end can be made as shown at 29 in Figure 9. In this form the ball 26, hits the weight and as the weight is loosely fitted, it is ejected from the tube, but the tube is constrained enough to prevent the passage of the ball.

. Ordinarily, the ball is prevented from becoming jammed in tapered tube by an abut ment such as the ring 30.

For use at night, I can equip the toy with a pyrotechnic device as for instance, shown in 31, Figure 8, which can be ignited by the ball 26 hitting a percussion cap 32 and luminous fire or other forms of illumluation can be emitted through the opening 33. And I also use detonators or similar percussion devices as shown at 34 in- Fi ure 7 which can also be fired by the descending ball 26.

It will be evident that I may embody vaht the end of the tube opporious modifications and changes in vthe device without distending from the scope of the invention.

I claim- 1. A toy comprising a tube, secured by strands to one end of the tube and adopted to be stufied lightly within, one end of the tube bein weighted, and a tripping device for expe ling the parachute and being released when the tube is with its weighted end down.

2. A toy comprising a tube a parachute secured to the tube and adapted to have its body portion stufi'ed within one end of the tube, a weight on the other end of the tube, an ejecting device including a trip for releasing it and a weight for acting on the tri when the tube is disposed with its weighted end down.

3. A toy comprising a tube having a spring actuated piston therein,

a parachutepositioned I a trip for holding the spring under tension, a weight for releasing the tri when the tube is in normal position, an a parachute adapted to be gathered in the tube and ejected when the piston is snapped by the released sprin p 4. g toy comprising a tube, a piston in the tube, a spring secured to the piston and havin its free end provided with a hook, the tu is caught when the s ring isunder tension, a ball within the tu and adapted to engage the hook to release it, and a. arachute secured to the end of the tube an adapted to be bunched and placed in the end of the tube and disposed so as to be ejected when the spring is released.

In testimony whereof I afiixlg signature.

ROST.

having a stop over which the hook I 

